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I love the atmosphere football brings; I love being around my teammates; I love the struggle in football. I love the fact that it is a part of my life. I don't look at it as any more important or less important as any other part of my life.
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I don't feel that I need a tattoo to represent myself as a Samoan or a Christian.
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I became a millionaire overnight by signing a piece of paper. I made more money in that one second than my entire family did in their lifetime.
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I take pride in my life-my wife, my family. I try my best not to have football define the person that I am.
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I've never been a fan of individual awards because football is such a team sport. There's so many things that goes into making plays. It's about teammates trusting one another and working together.
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I have developed a Samoan mentality. You have to be a gentleman everywhere but on the field.
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As a football player, you just deal with injuries. It's all part of the football game. I've dealt with injuries as much as everybody else. People have dealt with worse injuries than I've dealt with. It's all part of the game, all part of getting that tackle.
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Football doesn’t define me. It’s what I do and how I carry out my faith.
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Material things aren't important to me.
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I always try to sacrifice my body for the team.
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We're a road team. We're the Pittsburgh Steelers. We have fans everywhere.
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Football is pretty much played 16 times a year, where training is kind of a year-round thing.
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A demon, in a way, is a test of your faith. Because if you're doing God's work, there's no reason for any demon to do anything to you.
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A big hit is all part of the game. If you want to make a lot of big hits, you forget about the one you just made and move onto the next one.
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There are times I am happy. There are times I am sad. But I always try to separate emotion from the need to reach for something stronger, deeper. And then no matter the emotion, I can reach for a stability that helps me accomplish what is the goal.
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I try to take what's given to me and then mold it to be a better football player.
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When I cook, it's something nobody else would enjoy.
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The greatest thing for me football-wise is that it's a test of will.
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My hair has become part of my identity; it's almost an appendage to me.
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I work barefooted on balance plates. I do explosive squats on balance surfaces that your body has to use muscles it's not used to. It's all kinds of exercises that your body isn't really used to, and it tricks your body into getting stronger every time.
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